The use of topical therapy can aid tremendously in the management of fungal infections. Virbac topical products are available as shampoos or leave-on conditioners.

Ringworm can appear as areas of circular hair loss, broken hairs, scaling, pustules and intense pruritus. Malassezia is a yeast infection most common in dogs. It causes "yeasty", smelly skin and haircoat and can occur with bacterial infection as well.

Pyoderma means "pus in the skin." Pyoderma presents a problem to us all as practitioners. The surest way to defeat acute and prevent chronic pyoderma is to use a combination of topical and systemic therapies. Virbac provides all the topical ingredients necessary to accompany systemic therapy.

Small single areas of hair loss or "hot spots", pruritus and inflammation, "puppy pyoderma" or impetigo are characteristic of this condition.